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Congressional Sports for Charity

Raising funds to support local washington, d.c.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$165k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.8MRecreation & Sports$1.1MEducation$912kArts & Culture$576kPublic Benefit$575kHuman Services$408kHousing & Shelter$342kHealth$210kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $892,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,022,088 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $129,488 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k33 grants · $528k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $365k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES$165,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON$100,000
CONGRESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME FOR CHARITY$50,000
MAKE A WISH MID ATLANTIC$50,000
DC GRAYS BASEBALL$26,000
COACH ACROSS AMERICA$25,000
ST ANN'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES$25,000
CLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER (PREVIOUSLY NORTHERN VIRGINIA THERAPEUTIC RIDING C$25,000
DC GREENS$25,000
ST COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON$25,000
COMMUNITY BRIDGES$20,000
FOOD FOR NEIGHBORS$20,000
FAMILY PLACE$20,000
PATHWAY HOMES$20,000
CHILD RESOURCE CONNET (PREVIOUSLY PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTER)$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $578k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COMMUNITY BRIDGES: $10k → 8%VETERANS FISHING ADVENTURE: $25k → 6%COMMUNITY BRIDGES: $10k → 8%VETERANS FISHING ADVENTURE: $25k → 6%VETERANS FISHING ADVENTURE: $25k → 6%COMMUNITY BRIDGES: $20k → 8%COMMUNITY BRIDGES: $20k → 8%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $10k → 14%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 11%BETHANY HOUSE OF NO: $25k → 6%CHILD RESOURCE CONNET: $20k → 11%CHILD RESOURCE CONNET (PREVIOUSLY PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTER): $20k → 11%BETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $13k → 6%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 11%COMMUNITY BRIDGES: $10k → 8%PRINCE GEORGES CHILD: $5k → 11%BETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $10k → 6%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $20k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%FISHING SCHOOL: $15k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $15k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $15k → 14%THE FISHING SCHOOL: $15k → 14%FIGHT FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 14%FIGHT FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 14%FIGHT FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 55% of Congressional Sports for Charity’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 8% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 1%.

Congressional Sports for Charitylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 61 repeat orgs$715k to everyone else

61 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
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Total granted

$6.3M
$555k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+21%

Still filing today

92%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +128%
  • WN
    WASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $915k · revenue +156%
  • WL
    WASHINGTON LITERACY CENTER
    6× · 2017–2023 · $637k · revenue +390% · 44% of their budget

Funded once

  • UC
    US CAPITOL POLICE MEMORIAL FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $500k
  • NM
    NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS
    one grant, 2024 · $45k
  • MC
    MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
2
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

—
3
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
4
Global Kids Inc

Global kids educates, inspires and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future.

Youth Development
5
Kipp Dc Public Charter Schools

Kipp dc is the largest public charter school network in washington, d.c., serving more than 7,300 students from prek-12th grade. we are dedicated to supporting students who have historically lacked access to high-quality educational…

Education
6
Close Up Foundation

The mission of the nonprofit, nonpartisan close up foundation is to empower young people for a lifetime of active citizenship through civic education programs, professional development for educators, and classroom resources.

Arts & Culture
7
Washington Commanders Foundation

The Washington Commanders Foundation is committed to building a more vibrant and enriched DMV community by investing in education, honoring public service, and broadening access to youth football programs. By harnessing the transformative…

Philanthropy
8
District of Columbia College Access Program

The district of columbia college access program's (dc cap's) primary purpose is to encourage and enable district of columbia students to attend and graduate college.

Education
9
Washington Performing Arts Society

Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…

Arts & Culture
10
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
11
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
12
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Everybody Wins Dc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Veterans Fishing Adventure Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

67 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 67 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/67
Grantees still filing
42/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $1,175,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATEWASHINGTON LITERACY CENTER: $637,000 · OtherWASHINGTON LITERACY CENTERUS CAPITOL POLICE MEMORIAL FUND: $500,000 · OtherUS CAPITOL POLICE MEMORIAL FUNDWASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMY: $375,000 · OtherWASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMYCAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP: $230,000 · OtherCAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP+24 more: $1,192,500 · Other+24 moreWASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES: $915,000 · Youth DevelopmentWASHINGTON NATI…+3 more: $75,000 · Youth Development+3 morePRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC: $80,000 · Human ServicesPRINCE GE…MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $80,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S …FIGHT FOR CHILDREN INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesFIGHT FOR…Veterans Fishing Adventure Inc: $75,000 · Human ServicesVeterans …Community Bridges Inc: $70,000 · Human ServicesCommunity…GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $65,000 · Human ServicesGREATER D…The Fishing School Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesThe Fishi…BETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $47,500 · Human ServicesBETHANY H…HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $135,000 · Recreation & SportsDC GRAYS BASEBALL INC: $81,000 · Recreation & SportsFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE GIVING DOGS: $48,000 · Recreation & SportsLEAGUE OF DREAMS INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsPIONEER BASEBALLSOFTBALL LEAGUE INC: $33,200 · Recreation & SportsLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsUP2US INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $90,000 · Arts & CultureGALA INC GRUPO DE ARTISTAS LATINO AMERICANOS: $73,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $67,500 · Arts & CultureTHE THEATRE LAB INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureDC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDANCE PLACE: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureYEAR UP INC: $90,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationREADING PARTNERS: $30,000 · EducationAN OPEN BOOK FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationYouth Leadership Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationHEADWATERS THE RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationEVERYBODY WINS DC INC: $30,000 · EducationCODE 3 ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $75,000 · HealthPATHWAY HOMES INC: $60,000 · HealthADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES: $40,000 · HealthTRACYS KIDS INC: $30,000 · HealthHEALTHY BABIES PROJECT INC: $30,000 · Health
Other$4,109,500Youth Development$990,000Human Services$577,500Recreation & Sports$447,200Arts & Culture$385,500Education$345,000Health$235,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $1,175,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetWASHINGTON NATIONALS PHILANTHROPIES: $915,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetWASHINGTON LITERACY CENTER: $637,000 over 6y, 44% of budgetWASHINGTON NATIONALS YOUTH BASEBALL ACADEMY: $375,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP: $230,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $135,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE AND A HOME: $95,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $90,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDC GRAYS BASEBALL INC: $81,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetPRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $80,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHORTON'S KIDS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFIGHT FOR CHILDREN INC: $75,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $75,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetST COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Fishing Adventure Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGALA INC GRUPO DE ARTISTAS LATINO AMERICANOS: $73,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Bridges Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTHE FAMILY PLACE: $70,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $67,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE THEATRE LAB INC: $65,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $65,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $62,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Fishing School Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPATHWAY HOMES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetALEXANDRIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $48,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetTHE GIVING DOGS: $48,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetBECKY LEE WOMENS SUPPORT FUND: $47,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetBETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $47,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetDC YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM: $45,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLEAGUE OF DREAMS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetDANCE PLACE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPIONEER BASEBALLSOFTBALL LEAGUE INC: $33,200 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget826DC INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTRACYS KIDS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetMINDS INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…United Way of the Nat…Clark-Winchcole Found…Dimick Foundation Joh…Philip L Graham Fund …Nora Roberts Foundati…Walter a Bloedorn Fou…John Edward Fowler Me…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…Corina Higginson Trus…William S Abell Found…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC54.2× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Nora Roberts Foundation · Walter a Bloedorn Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · William S Abell Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Congressional Sports for Charity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Congressional Sports for Charity. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc: 17% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Adoptions Together Inc Dba As Paths for Families: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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